• Dr Meenakshi Choubey

“Each individual creature on this beautiful planet is created by God to fulfil a particular role. Whatever I have achieved in life is through His help, and an expression of His will." - A P J Abdul Kalam Most of the luminaries of the world have asserted to have gained their inspiration and extraordinary energy from the Almighty. A P J Abdul Kalam also in his autobiography Wings of Fire has, at many places, revealed his faith in the Supreme Being. Born to religious parents as he was, the seeds of spirituality were sown in him from the infancy itself The atmosphere of Rameshwaram was conducive to spiritual discussion. Walking towards the sandy shores of the island with Ahmed Jallaluddin, Kalam used to halt at the temple of Lord Shiva. Circling around the temple they felt a flow of energy pass through them. He had firm faith that the prayers in the temple reached the same destination as the ones offered in the mosques. His family used to arrange boats for carrying idols of the Lord from the temple to the Rama Tirtha. He had heard the stories from the Ramayana from his mother and grandmother. When he arrived at St. Joseph’s College, Trichi, to study for the Intermediate examination, Prof. Chinna Durai and Prof. Krishnamurthy made him realise science and spirituality to be closely related. For him, science has always been the path to spiritual enrichment and self-realisation He had firm belief that God, our creator, has stored great potential and ability which could be tapped and developed through prayer. He claims himself to be a religious person maintaining a working partnership with God. Whenever he needed more ability than he possessed he used to put himself in God's hands to receive all the power that was needed. In his autobiography he teaches us to renounce materialism and go in the shelter of spiritualism. The present research paper attempts to seek the shades of spirituality in his autobiography Wings of Fire.

Spiritualism, science, self-realisation, success, strength, prayer.

"Shades of Spiritualism in Kalam’s Wings of Fire", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 2, page no.233-237, February 2020, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2008028.pdf

"Shades of Spiritualism in Kalam’s Wings of Fire", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 2, page no. pp233-237, February 2020, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2008028.pdf